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WED MAY 22
Join us for a benefit show to help Reading Frenzy RELAUNCH & EXPAND in a new location. Reading Frenzy is a Portland institution and a rare outlet for indie media, small press, zines, and D.I.Y. culture!

8:30pm | $5.00 day of show

Reading Frenzy was founded in 1994 and is devoted to independent, small press, and self-published titles. With a start-up fund of $4000 and a lot of gumption and support we've managed to bring the best of the independent press to Portland and beyond for 18+ years, producing over 500 literary and art events, launching our own publishing venture -- ... | more info
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THU MAY 23
Abstract Earth Project presents...
Baths (Anticon)
Revel in the lush, immersive compositions of dazzling young producer Baths.

9pm | $12.00 advance
Tickets:
Brown Paper Tickets

For mercurial L.A. music-maker Will Wiesenfeld, Baths has been a long time coming. The 21-year-old has spent the better part of his days living amidst "pleasant" and "unremarkable" in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley, so perhaps it's due to a general lack of local inspiration that Wiesenfeld's own work has never fit into a prefab box of its ... | more info
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FRI MAY 24
APERITIVO HAPPY HOUR
Please join us from 5-8pm for our weekly Aperitivo Happy Hour, which--in European style--features an impressive array of free appetizers straight from the Holocene kitchen (while they last). We'll also have great (and cheap!) Cava, and delightful Continental cocktails! DJ duties are taken up by Honey O of the Miracles Club, playing perfect summery selections.

5pm | FREE!

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FRI MAY 24
Tiburon (Luz Elena of Y La Bamba + Nick of Death Songs)
We're honored to host the legendary singer-songwriter Damien Jurado, whose 15-year career has been marked by incredibly innovative songcraft. EARLY SHOW: Doors at 7:30, show at 8.

7:30pm | $13.00 advance $15.00 day of show
Tickets:
Stranger Tickets

Last year, Damien Jurado released "Maraqopa," his latest collaboration with producer Richard Swift, dropping us into a brutal and benevolent landscape. The bold strokes and new turns the pair made with 2010's Saint Bartlett are taken even further. He throws open the gate on his oft insular dirges and allows them do some real wilding out in the ... | more info
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FRI MAY 24
8 1/2 DJs: Future Club Edition
Wampire DJs
We've assembled an epic crew of our favorite DJs for an all-star dance party, exploring future club sounds!

10pm | $3.00 day of show

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SAT MAY 25
Early performance piece by:
Lori Felker
Live sets from
Regular Music
Darkwave dance party with:
DJ Ill Camino
Join Holocene and ELEVEN Magazine in celebrating EFF (Experimental Film Festival) Portland! FREE BEFORE 11pm!

9pm | $3.00 day of show

EFFPortland erupted in 2012 in the fair City of Roses, in response to the need for a Portland-based experimental media showcase. It filled that void with a lava-hot amalgam of shorts, installations, performances, and collaborations. With a week of solid programming, some of which lasted for months beyond the official festival, across seven venues ... | more info
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WED MAY 29
Ancient Heat EP RELEASE!
1980sprince (Ryan of Beisbol)
Come celebrate the release of Ancient Heat's new covers EP, Under the Covers.

8:30pm | $6.00 day of show

Ancient Heat is a large ensemble dance band, formed in 2010 by frontman and mastermind producer Brendan Grubb. The 11-piece powerhouse revels in an exhilarating mixture of west coast funk, disco, and R&B, merged with the infectious polyrhythms of African and Brazilian pop and a healthy dose of psychedelia. While Grubb will confess major affection ... | more info

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